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Hi again, everyone!
This is the second of the THEM mini-tournaments. THEM27-33 Fritz Gambit. I am playing black against Guy. Guy got his revenge in this game and here is how he did it. |
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1... d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 c6
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4. .... c6 - on move 3 I played e6 at the right time as the pawn on c4 blocked off a queen fork on a4. I create a hedgehog type defense on that h1-a8 diagonal. |
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5. Nc3 Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3
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7. axb3 - queen trade. After that I recapture with cxd5. This turns out to be a mistake. exd5 was better because at least it would have prevented that pesky white knight from landing on b5 which it does next move. |
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7... cxd5 8. Nb5 Kd7
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8. ..... Kd7 - Henry avoids a knight fork - for now. |
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9. h3 Bf5 10. d3 Nc6
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10. ..... Nc6 - a developing move. I would have liked to have played a6 here but it would have been no use because the pawn on a6 is pinned to the rook on a1. |
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11. e4
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11. e4 - meanwhile, Fou Leblanc is menaced. |
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11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg6
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14. ...... Bg6 - after trying to speed up my development with check, I had to get Fou Leblanc out of a white pawn's path. I have had no time to address the problem of the knight on b5. |
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15. Nf3 Nge7
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15. ..... Nge7 - here is where the computer tells me this is a question mark move. It is a developing move but Nf6 should have been played. If e5 then my knight could come to d5 blocking off the d column. |
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16. Ke3 Rhc8
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16. ..... Rhc8 - creates a flight square for Henry, but this is going to allow a knight fork which leaves me just a pawn for the exchange. |
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17. Rhd1+ Ke8 18. Nd6+
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18. Nd6+!! - owwwch, owwwch and treble owwwch! Bang goes the exchange and 10 rating points. With this mess of a position I was mighty relieved to have escaped with a Low Draw at the end of the game. |
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18... Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rac1 Ke8
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20. ..... Ke8 - preventing Rd7. |
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21. Nd4 Rd8 22. Nb5
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22. Nb5 - threatening Nc7+ winning the other rook. There is no option but to exchange it off. |
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22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nc8
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23. .... Nc8 - a passive move but I wanted to prevent a N or R incursion on d6. |
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24. f4 Ke7
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24. ..... Ke7 - a bit better but white has a big advantage. |
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25. h4 a6
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25. .... a6 - finally I play the move which I wanted to for many moves, a6. I drive back the knight, but alas, not far enough. |
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26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4
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27. Rxd4 - not too good to trade while down, but I just wanted to see white knights disappear from the chessboard. Fullstop. |
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27... Nd6 28. Bf3 f6
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28. ...... f6 - tempting white into a move like e5?? If he plays it then I will be able to return the complement - Nf5+. |
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29. b4
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29. b4 - alas, he does not fall for it. |
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29... Be8 30. b3 Bf7
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30. ..... Bf7 - I now begin to scratch around. |
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31. Kd2 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5
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32. ..... fxe5 - pawn trade. At least all of the white pawns are now split. But do I have enough compo for the exchange? Only time will tell. |
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